Previous Episodes of Fr Robert Barron

Evangelisation and Joy

By Rev. Robert Barron. One of the great icons in the Catholic Church today is Archbishop (soon to be Cardinal) Timothy Dolan of New York more »

One More Swing…

… at the Catholic Straw-Man: A Review of Stephen Greenblatt’s The Swerve.

“Moneyball”

The management of the 2002 Oakland Athletics found itself in a bind. The team had performed very well the previous year, making it to the more »

Benedict among the Germans

By Rev. Robert Barron It is with a particular fascination that I’ve been following the speeches that Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger) has been delivering more »

The Tiny, Whispering Sound

The acts we perform the people we become.

By Rev. Robert Barron Father Robert Barron is the founder of the global ministry, Word on Fire, and the Francis Cardinal George Professor of Faith more »

The acts we perform…

The acts we perform the people we become.

By Rev. Robert Barron Father Robert Barron is the founder of the global ministry, Word on Fire, and the Francis Cardinal George Professor of Faith more »

Really, Truly, Substantially Present

Last week, I gave an address at the annual Atlanta Eucharistic Congress, which is one of the most impressive gatherings in the American Catholic Church. more »

Why Are So Many Atheists on the CNN Belief Blog?

The CNN Belief Blog, which has graciously featured a few of my pieces, just celebrated its first anniversary, and for the occasion, its editors reflected more »

The Wind, The Water, and The Fire

The Church has just celebrated one of the most important days on the liturgical calendar, the feast of Pentecost, the feast of the Holy Spirit. more »

Paris is Most Beautiful in the Rain

When I was a doctoral student in Paris in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, I used to fantasize about the Paris of the thirteenth more »